trotter

See also Trotter

English

Etymology

trot +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtə(r)

Noun

trotter (plural trotters)

1. A horse trained for harness racing.
2. The foot of a pig or sheep.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6

     Finally Napoleon raised his trotter for silence and announced that he had already made all the arrangements.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French trotter, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottāre, *trotāre (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreu-, *derə-, *drā- (“to run, escape”). Cognates: see English trot. More at tread.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɔ.te/

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Verb

trotter

1. (usually of a horse) to trot

Conjugation

   Conjugation of trotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trotter			avoir trotté
gerund		en trottant			en ayant trotté
present participle		trottant
past participle		trotté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	trotte	trottes	trotte	trottons	trottez	trottent
	imperfect	trottais	trottais	trottait	trottions	trottiez	trottaient
	past historic1	trottai	trottas	trotta	trottâmes	trottâtes	trottèrent
	future	trotterai	trotteras	trottera	trotterons	trotterez	trotteront
	conditional	trotterais	trotterais	trotterait	trotterions	trotteriez	trotteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	trotte	trottes	trotte	trottions	trottiez	trottent
	imperfect1	trottasse	trottasses	trottât	trottassions	trottassiez	trottassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	trotte	—	trottons	trottez	—
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Derived terms

• trottiner